| 100% | OSAMA | 5 | 2004 biography subtitled “The Making of a Terrorist” |
| 90% | OSAMA | 5 | 2005 biography subtitled "The Making of a Terrorist" |
| 57% | ORTS | 4 | The makings of a stew |
| 55% | DELI | 4 | It has the makings of a hero |
| 54% | DELI | 4 | What may have the makings of a hero? |
| 53% | SAND | 4 | Makings of a castle at the beach |
| 53% | PRODUCERS | 9 | People who finance and manage the making of a film |
| 52% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Subject of a 2010 biography subtitled "The Voice" |
| 52% | ROGET | 5 | Subject of the 2007 biography subtitled "The Man Who Became a Book" |
| 50% | PRO | 3 | The opposite of a con, when making lists |
| 49% | RUMBLING | 8 | Making the sound of a thunder |
| 49% | WHIRRING | 8 | Making the noise of a fan |
| 49% | MEWED | 5 | Made the sound of a kitten |
| 49% | MOOED | 5 | Made the sound of a cow |
| 49% | BRAYED | 6 | Made the sound of a donkey |
| 49% | CAWED | 5 | Made the sound of a crow |
| 49% | LEER | 4 | Look of a rake on the make |
| 48% | RADIOEDIT | 9 | Version of a song made for the airwaves |
| 48% | COD | 3 | Mark Kurlansky book subtitled "A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" |
| 47% | CALYX | 5 | Outer whorl of a flower made of the sepals |
| 47% | QUILTING | 8 | The process of making a patchwork bedspread |
| 47% | COD | 3 | Mark Kurlansky nonfiction book subtitled "A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" |
| 47% | LENIN | 5 | 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror" |
| 47% | MANOWAR | 7 | Subject of a 2006 biography subtitled "A Legend Like Lightning" |
| 47% | PRONOUNCE | 9 | Make the sound of a word in a particular way |
| 47% | ZEST | 4 | Part of a lemon used to make the liqueur limoncello |
| 47% | INCLUDE | 7 | Make feel like a part of the group |
| 47% | LENIN | 5 | Acclaimed 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror" |
| 46% | NEHRU | 5 | Biography subtitled "The Invention of India" |
| 46% | DEERSKIN | 8 | Made from the hide of a doe or stag |